Gilbert & George, artists based in East London since the mid 1960's have been exhibited at Tate Modern and last night the BBC did a show about them. One thing struck me; they are an intriguing and original pair of people, their artwork is provocative and they have stuck at it and defied all the odds but.... their work isn't any good. It's just all reaction and no content. They have been pretty much ignored all these years but now Tate has decided to exhibit them, the first British artists to have an exhibit (normally British artists exhibit at Tate Britain). And why? Just because they seem to have decided they are now trendy. But when I take a proper look at their work, past the reactionary, provocative content and just at the work I just feel that the Emperor Has No Clothes.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
The Emperor Has No Clothes
Gilbert & George, artists based in East London since the mid 1960's have been exhibited at Tate Modern and last night the BBC did a show about them. One thing struck me; they are an intriguing and original pair of people, their artwork is provocative and they have stuck at it and defied all the odds but.... their work isn't any good. It's just all reaction and no content. They have been pretty much ignored all these years but now Tate has decided to exhibit them, the first British artists to have an exhibit (normally British artists exhibit at Tate Britain). And why? Just because they seem to have decided they are now trendy. But when I take a proper look at their work, past the reactionary, provocative content and just at the work I just feel that the Emperor Has No Clothes.
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Hey I said that!
Also, while I appreciate that most art comes from within the self and involves some form of ego, the art of Gilbert and George is extraordinarily egotistical.
That is all.
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